Dear Juno or any other teenager in a similar situation, You are creating a miracle inside you! It doesn’t matter what other people are saying about your pregnancy behind your back, you can’t do anything about. Just embrace it. I don’t think you should be “punished” for making the mistake to have unprotected sex. It is a natural process for females, and that is not how mistakes work. You make a mistake, then you learn from it. And I believe that you definitely have. You have matured faster than you know it, and have the capability to know how much you can take on. Meaning you knew that you would not be able to support a baby, emotionally, physically and financially. However, through this all, you found someone to love your child unconditionally. You refused to let this pregnancy halt your schooling in career and instead gave him to someone who has already completed this. I applaud you for realizing that you have a human life inside of you, carrying him to term and becoming pro-choice. It is easy for to say anyone to say they will get an abortion if they got pregnant at an inconvenient time in life but it is very difficult to execute the plan. Although, you weren’t ready to become a mother, you selflessly gave your baby a chance at life, and made a women’s life, who cannot conceive that much better. If you ever look back on your pregnancy, regretting the decision, remember all the activities that you had to miss out on during those 9 months. You had to miss hanging out with your friends to get an ultra sound, you also had to miss prom. If you had kept the baby, you would have to miss a whole lot more. Carry the baby to term also distorted your body and made you become a “planet.” My family fosters children from Ventura County and we have just recently received a teenager and her new born daughter. Unfortunately, she was a victim of a criminal act, which resulted in a baby. She carried the baby to term, gave life to her and continues to love her unconditionally despite what had happen. She continues to move on and deal with what she has. We help her whenever she needs it, she is still a child herself but despite that she is as great as any other mother. Best of luck, Nyssa T.
You are creating a miracle inside you! It doesn’t matter what other people are saying about your pregnancy behind your back, you can’t do anything about. Just embrace it. I don’t think you should be “punished” for making the mistake to have unprotected sex. It is a natural process for females, and that is not how mistakes work. You make a mistake, then you learn from it. And I believe that you definitely have. You have matured faster than you know it, and have the capability to know how much you can take on. Meaning you knew that you would not be able to support a baby, emotionally, physically and financially. However, through this all, you found someone to love your child unconditionally. You refused to let this pregnancy halt your schooling in career and instead gave him to someone who has already completed this. I applaud you for realizing that you have a human life inside of you, carrying him to term and becoming pro-choice. It is easy for to say anyone to say they will get an abortion if they got pregnant at an inconvenient time in life but it is very difficult to execute the plan. Although, you weren’t ready to become a mother, you selflessly gave your baby a chance at life, and made a women’s life, who cannot conceive that much better.
If you ever look back on your pregnancy, regretting the decision, remember all the activities that you had to miss out on during those 9 months. You had to miss hanging out with your friends to get an ultra sound, you also had to miss prom. If you had kept the baby, you would have to miss a whole lot more. Carry the baby to term also distorted your body and made you become a “planet.”
My family fosters children from Ventura County and we have just recently received a teenager and her new born daughter. Unfortunately, she was a victim of a criminal act, which resulted in a baby. She carried the baby to term, gave life to her and continues to love her unconditionally despite what had happen. She continues to move on and deal with what she has. We help her whenever she needs it, she is still a child herself but despite that she is as great as any other mother.
Best of luck,
Nyssa T.